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 (SRN NEWS/AP) – A Venezuelan man has been convicted of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that fueled the national debate over immigration during…

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 The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce’s Industry of the Year Awards were presented Wednesday at the 16th Annual Industry Appreciation Luncheon. Sponsored by Lanier Tech, the awards program honors area existing…

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US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment
US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment

U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had [...]

Percival Everett and Jason De León win National Book Awards
Percival Everett and Jason De León win National Book Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: [...]

Feds outline ‘necessary steps’ for Colorado River agreement by 2026 but no recommendation yet
Feds outline ‘necessary steps’ for Colorado River agreement by 2026 but no recommendation yet

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal water officials made public on Wednesday what they called “necessary steps” for seven states and multiple tribes that use Colorado River water and hydropower to [...]

Judge keeps death penalty a possibility for man charged in killings of 4 Idaho students
Judge keeps death penalty a possibility for man charged in killings of 4 Idaho students

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The death penalty will remain a possibility for a man charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, a judge ruled [...]

Trump-backed Republican Nick Begich beats Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska’s only House seat
Trump-backed Republican Nick Begich beats Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska’s only House seat

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Nick Begich has won Alaska’s U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to claim the seat once held by his grandfather. Begich was among [...]

FAA eases Haiti flight ban as US airlines permitted in north of country
FAA eases Haiti flight ban as US airlines permitted in north of country

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday modified a ban on U.S. airlines operating in the Caribbean nation of Haiti, issuing a notice which permits flights over [...]

Australia launches ‘landmark’ bill to ban social media for children under 16
Australia launches ‘landmark’ bill to ban social media for children under 16

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s centre-left government on Thursday introduced a bill in parliament that aims to ban social media for children under 16 and proposed fines of [...]

Mexico’s lower house votes to abolish autonomous bodies
Mexico’s lower house votes to abolish autonomous bodies

By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s lower house of Congress approved on Wednesday a measure to abolish most of the autonomous bodies that regulate some economic sectors and ensure [...]

Zelenskiy says Crimea can only be restored to Ukraine through diplomacy
Zelenskiy says Crimea can only be restored to Ukraine through diplomacy

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged the Crimea peninsula, seized by Russia in 2014, would have to be restored to Ukrainian sovereignty through diplomacy. Zelenskiy, interviewed by Fox News [...]

Ukraine launches UK cruise missiles into Russia, a day after using US ATACMS
Ukraine launches UK cruise missiles into Russia, a day after using US ATACMS

By Anastasiia Malenko, Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia on Wednesday, the latest new Western weapon [...]

Lutnick’s China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trade, tariffs
Lutnick’s China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trade, tariffs

By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Investment banker Howard Lutnick’s exposure to China came into sharp relief on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald Trump tapped him to lead the agencies [...]

Trump-backed Republican Nick Begich beats Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska’s only House seat
Trump-backed Republican Nick Begich beats Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska’s only House seat

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Nick Begich has won Alaska’s U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to claim the seat once held by his grandfather. Begich was among [...]

New study shows voting for Native Americans is harder than ever

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections. [...]

Trump likely to pick Johns Hopkins surgeon, COVID mandate critic Makary for FDA, sources say
Trump likely to pick Johns Hopkins surgeon, COVID mandate critic Makary for FDA, sources say

By Stephanie Kelly and Nathan Layne (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely choose Johns Hopkins surgeon and writer Martin Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, two [...]

Tennessee to count provisional ballots by people convicted of felonies who had rights in limbo
Tennessee to count provisional ballots by people convicted of felonies who had rights in limbo

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee will count the provisional ballots cast by six people convicted of felonies who had their voting rights recently restored under judges’ rulings, but had been [...]

US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment
US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment

U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had [...]

Google must divest Chrome to end search monopoly, DOJ says
Google must divest Chrome to end search monopoly, DOJ says

(Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google must divest its Chrome browser and should not be allowed to re-enter the browser market for five years as part of a list of requests made [...]

Billionaire Gautam Adani of India’s Adani Group charged in US with bribery; bond deal pulled
Billionaire Gautam Adani of India’s Adani Group charged in US with bribery; bond deal pulled

(Reuters) -Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in a $265 [...]

Elon Musk’s Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial
Elon Musk’s Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial

(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability [...]

Feds outline ‘necessary steps’ for Colorado River agreement by 2026 but no recommendation yet
Feds outline ‘necessary steps’ for Colorado River agreement by 2026 but no recommendation yet

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal water officials made public on Wednesday what they called “necessary steps” for seven states and multiple tribes that use Colorado River water and hydropower to [...]

SRN News Series: “The Heart of America’s Cultural Crisis- Part 2” (AUDIO)
SRN News Series: “The Heart of America’s Cultural Crisis- Part 2” (AUDIO)

(SRN NEWS) – With the 2024 elections now in their rear-view mirror, many Christians are wondering what the path forward holds for Believers. In his newly-released book “The Eclipse of [...]

Virgin Mary statue, a symbol of resilience, returns to Notre Dame Cathedral 5 years after fire

PARIS (AP) — A medieval statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, known as “The Virgin of Paris,” returned to Notre Dame cathedral Friday evening, five years after surviving the [...]

SRN News Series: “The Heart of America’s Cultural Crisis- Part 1” (AUDIO)
SRN News Series: “The Heart of America’s Cultural Crisis- Part 1” (AUDIO)

(SRN NEWS) – Dr. Erwin Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of the Moody Church in Chicago. In an interview with correspondent Lori Tradup of SRN News, Dr. Lutzer exposes the heart [...]

RELIGION HEADLINES

(SRN NEWS) – A judge has struck down Wyoming’s ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end a pregnancy. Teton (TEE-ton) County [...]

A lot of Americans are smoking pot

(SRN NEWS) – It’s nowhere near a majority but it’s about twice as many as before states began legalizing the drug.  The latest from the Gallup organization finds that 15% [...]

LPGA Awards: Nelly Korda takes top two honors
LPGA Awards: Nelly Korda takes top two honors

Nelly Korda capped her best season by capturing the top two honors on Wednesday at the Rolex LPGA Awards in Naples, Fla. The 26-year-old Florida native received the Rolex Player [...]

Women’s Top 25 roundup: UConn’s Geno Auriemma tops D-I wins list
Women’s Top 25 roundup: UConn’s Geno Auriemma tops D-I wins list

Geno Auriemma became the all-time winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division I college basketball, men’s or women’s, on Wednesday night as No. 2 UConn beat Fairleigh Dickinson 85-41 [...]

76ers’ Paul George injures left leg, exits game at Grizzlies
76ers’ Paul George injures left leg, exits game at Grizzlies

Paul George of the Philadelphia 76ers was injured in the opening seconds of the third quarter of Wednesday’s game against host Memphis and taken to the locker room. George, 34, [...]

UConn’s Geno Auriemma becomes all-time winningest D-I coach
UConn’s Geno Auriemma becomes all-time winningest D-I coach

Geno Auriemma became the all-time winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division I college basketball, men’s or women’s, on Wednesday night as No. 2 UConn beat Fairleigh Dickinson 85-41 [...]

Golf-Smith, Day among early leaders at Australian PGA Championship
Golf-Smith, Day among early leaders at Australian PGA Championship

(Reuters) – Major winners Cameron Smith and Jason Day went stroke-for-stroke for a share of the early clubhouse lead on four-under-par after matching 67s in the opening round of Australian [...]

Elon Musk’s Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial
Elon Musk’s Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial

(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability [...]

Jazz Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for biliary tract cancer treatment
Jazz Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for biliary tract cancer treatment

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ drug for the treatment of a type of biliary tract cancer, the company said on Wednesday. The drug zanidatamab-hrii, sold [...]

Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island
Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island

NEW YORK (AP) — In 2022, New York City’s jails commissioner, Louis Molina, issued a dire warning to local lawmakers: fentanyl was pouring into Rikers Island through the mail, he [...]

Kura Oncology to partner with Kyowa Kirin for blood cancer therapy

(Reuters) – Kura Oncology said on Wednesday it will collaborate with Japan’s Kyowa Kirin to develop and commercialize the blood cancer therapy ziftomenib. Kura will lead the development of the [...]

Health Rounds: Blood thinners don’t benefit low-risk patients with atrial fibrillation
Health Rounds: Blood thinners don’t benefit low-risk patients with atrial fibrillation

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Hello Health Rounds Readers! Today we feature three more studies that were presented at one of the year’s most important heart meetings, the American Heart [...]

US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment
US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment

U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had [...]

Google must divest Chrome to end search monopoly, DOJ says
Google must divest Chrome to end search monopoly, DOJ says

(Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google must divest its Chrome browser and should not be allowed to re-enter the browser market for five years as part of a list of requests made [...]

Elon Musk’s Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial
Elon Musk’s Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial

(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability [...]

Australia launches ‘landmark’ bill to ban social media for children under 16
Australia launches ‘landmark’ bill to ban social media for children under 16

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s centre-left government on Thursday introduced a bill in parliament that aims to ban social media for children under 16 and proposed fines of [...]

Bitcoin breaks $95,000 for first time on optimism over Trump crypto plans
Bitcoin breaks $95,000 for first time on optimism over Trump crypto plans

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Bitcoin’s march toward $100,000 made further ground on Thursday as investors bet a friendlier U.S. regulatory approach to cryptocurrencies under President-elect Donald Trump will unleash a boom [...]